The Burgomeister is a 1935 Australian film directed by Harry Southwell based on the 1867 play Le juif polonais (aka The Bells) by Erckmann-Chatrian, adapted into English in 1871 by Leopold Lewis, previously filmed a number of times.
[2][3] Southwell had performed the play in Europe, and had previously filmed it in Belgium (1925) as Le juif polonais (The Bells).
[8] He formed a production company in April 1935 called Film Players Corporation.
Cameraman George Heath worked under difficult conditions including freezing cold and a blizzard.
[18] A re-edited version of the film called Hypnotized screened in some country areas.